The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-01-12
sippi River, with the exception of the New
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five inches thick. and in many places
packed to Il thickness OF more than one
foot.
Inc election for county officers in Au-
gueta, Ga, held III Wednesday, resulted in
the choice of the administration candidates.
Charges OF bribery and other improper
means arc freely made.
a Republican legislative caucus of Penn.
Sylvunia nominated Mathew s.. Quay, of
Philadelphia, to succeed Mitchell in the
United States Senate. This is equal TO an
election.
Ihc Delta Kappa Epsilon is in session in
Washington, in annual convention. There
are 81 chapters in the fraternity, of which
~ ar" represented in the convention by
about 100 delegates.
Prof. Joseph TasSo, the celebrated violin
list, died 1T his home in Covingtou, Ky,
yesterday, in the S5th year of his age. He
was The author of that quaint melody,
Arkansas Traveller"
Laura Marley. of ST. Louis, was burned
to death on Wednesday. She was assault
ell by Il negro in her room aud in trying to
escape from him she fell against Il rcd hot
stove, receiving fatal burns.
The Committee on Rivers and lIarbors
has not yet acted on the bill to appropriate
$500, 600 for the Improvement of Charles.
ton harbOr, Mr.. Willis, the Chairman of
the Committee, says he thinks $780, 600
would be Il liberal appropriation.
The boiler in Il mill at Elwood, Indiana.
exploded recently, killing Enginccr Del
l-ySt and the miller, Joseph Reid. The
houses were wrecked and the mill scat
tered wide.
Ridin0ur was indicted recently at Win
chester, Va, for the murder OF Broy, the
young man whose body was found mutt
lated and hidden under the leaves in a
dcuSc wood.
y gas explosion occurred ut Walkers
carriage factory, corner of Wabash avenue
and Harrison street, Chicago, and seven
iircmcn, in ~cNtinGuishing the flames, were
almost suifocatcd,
Hire ut Dartmouth, y. H., Monday night,
destroyed the Dartmouth Hotel, in which
1t originated, and the greater part OF the
business section of the town. Loss $l30,-
COO, with very little insurance.
The Republican Legislative caucus at
Carson. Nevada, on Tuesday, selected VIM.
VI. Stewart us nominee for United States
Senator. AS the Legislature is Republican,
Stcwart's election is assured.
In the North Carolina House of Repre-
ScntativcS John II. Webster. the nominee of
the Independent Democrats, was elected
Speaker by Il vote of 80 to51. 4 Rcpubli
can was elected chief clerk. The organiza
ton of the Senate is Democratic.
The harbor appropriation bill contains
the following items for South Carolina:
Charleston harbor Gnclnding Sullivan's
lslandj, $3.50. 600: Great Pcdcc river, $40.
eco; Santcc river, $4,000; Waccamaw.
$40 O.
The suit of Rev. w. w. Downs against
tn" BOwdoin Square Baptist Church, of
Boston, Mass, for arrcaragcS OF salaries
due as pastor, has been decided in the
plaintiffs favor, but the mount of award
is ~ yet To be determined.
Representative %Farquhar, on the part OF
the Printers | nion of New York, is con
Quoting II fight against the confirmation of
Pebble Printer Bcnciict's appointment.
upon The ground that Benedict is not Il
practical printer.
Gov. I'LL, oT New York, in his annual
message TO the Legislature. recommended
the establishment of some permanent sys.
tenn Tor the employment of convict labor
other tIam the contract system or auv plan
which is equivalent TO it,.
The cold wave extends from the Lakes
To the valley Of Mexico. At Chicago the
mercury ranged yesterday morning from !
I" - degrees below zero. In Watcrtuwn,
y. y, The thermometer registered 40 dc.
grcCS below zero.
W. w. Watkins, aged l., employed AS Il
printer IN Cincinnati, was charged with
cmbcZ%Ilng some money. He acknowledged
the nilcnsc, and before he could be stopped
swallowed pruSsic acid and died Instantly.
lie bore II good character.
The joint convention Of the State Lcris.
laturc Of Connecticut assembled to elect
State officers, owing to failure Of the uopu.
lar vote To give any candidate q majority.
! ne result OF Tie ba!lOllng was the election
of the Republican candidates.
y dynamite cartridge was exploded in
the man-holc Of the Larkin street branch
OF the Suttcr street cable road at San Fran.
cisco. The track was torn up and window
pancs in the vicinity shattered. No one
was hurt.
y natural gas explosion ut Youngstown
destroyed thc new Andrews block and four
other buildings Thomas Brannigan. aged
|! years, was crcmatcd, and several others
are reported missing. The loss will he over
800, GOO.
~ special from Chattanooga, Tennessee.
says: ~ construction train on the Alabama
Great SonIhCrn road was wrecked Tuesday
morning, Engineer Drwcs and Fireman
Fowler Were Killed. The engine struck a
COW, lcit TIC rails and went down an en-
bankmcnt.
VIM. y. Pearson, who pleaded guilty to
cmbcI|llng $50, 900 of the property of the
American Baptist Publication Society Of
Philadelphia, ny whom j" was employed
as cashier aud chief boob keeper. was sen.
fenced To the pcnitcntiary for two years
and six months.
y committee on behalf OF the laity of
he Protestant Episcopal Church OF the
ihi!adclPiia diocese has presented Bishop
William Bacon Stevens with a certificate OF
deposit OF 81 coo. This was a mark of
Their esteem ON the occasion of the Bishops
completing the 25th year of his prclacy.
Among the petitions and memorials pre-.
scntcd to the United States Senate were
quite a number praying for appropriations.
and in some cases asking the definite sum
of 500, to enable the colored citizens to
cmigratc to Liberia. These petitions come
from various quarters. One is from Ian